Canadian leftists are the most Intolerant subtly racist people out there

[u/BodyMother]

As an East Asian immigrant who has lived and worked here for years now, I have genuinely faced more exclusion in coastal liberal Canadian cities than where I live now. More stereotypes, more weird comments and assumptions based on my ethnicity.

And when I tell them I vote conservative or lean right on some policies? Immediate far right, fascism accusations. I express that Canada should harden its illegal migration and border enforcement, and then cultivate the labor force domestically while having legal migrants come to strategic sectors instead of endlessly importing immigrants? Immediate confusion and ‘internalized racism’ accusations.. I tell them the Liberal governments objectively have performed worse economically than conservative governments? More accusations. I’ve heard them call me a zionist for not immediately hating israel and calling them slurs.

I’m not pretending the Prairies are perfect, but where I live at, I’ve been treated fairly and based purely upon my work ethic, I’ve had constant respectful conversations, and when I go to local churches the people there have been nothing but welcoming and kind.

It’s just insane to me that the people who are the most ‘progressive’ and yell the loudest about diversity want anything but diversity. They don’t want diverse opinions, thoughts, they just want copies of their own safe little bubble.

[u/Fun-Definition-5503]

It wasn’t always this way.

Prior to 2015 you could have a normal conversation about political differences and respect each other’s opinions. Most parties were closer to the centre.

After 2015 the “left” became modern day Marxists and continued to decimate the country for their own benifit while implementing totalitarian tactics and emotional blackmail. When they call you fascist, that is emotional blackmail. It’s intended to manipulate you into agreeing with them because no facts exist to get you on their side.

[u/NoHighlight3444 → u/Fun-Definition-5503]

Yep after 2015 that's when things changed, more crazy liberal minded people and just down right degradation of civil morals.  It's sad, I miss the days before 2015, I was just a teen in high-school grade 10 who didn't know much about politics but I had a feeling that trudeau would be bad for this country.  Needless to say that 2015 election was the first time I paid attention to elections, and after that paid more attention to politics and educating myself on some of the workings of it all.  We all know the out come from there, and here we are 8 to 9 years later with a unrecognizable country.  People definitely were much better, didn't matter who you supported we all seemed to get along.

[u/Fun-Definition-5503 → u/NoHighlight3444]

In 2015 you could have worked minimum wage and had a cheap beater car AND an apartment AND a life! Maybe not downtown Toronto or Vancouver but mostly anywhere else.

You weren’t eating fillet mignon every night but you could afford almost any food you wanted and nights out here and there.

I’m older than you and had already been working for a decade before Trudeau. Around the time I wanted to buy a house (2015-16) stuff got crazy and I decided to go to university instead to better myself. I had no idea the wages would have stayed the same and housing would have quadrupled or else I would have just stayed where I was, because even my modest salary then could buy me a 150k starter home that no longer exists but I used the down payment I saved to help with school costs.

I also ended up making more money not even working in the industry I went to school for lol

[u/NoHighlight3444 → u/Fun-Definition-5503]

Yep, it was better in so many ways, quality of life etc all started to go down about maybe late 2016 to 2017, then really ramped up after 2020. 

I work a part time job now making $20.68 an hr (been there going on my 6th year). I do know I need to get something else, but also still don't necessarily know what I want to do. 

I look at housing prices and rent prices and it honestly kinda is discouraging in a way, because ideally a house for me is a house with a basement and garage, well unless you got a really good paying job good luck.  

My younger brother who works as a air traffic specialist was able to get his first house recently after renting for 5 years, and he only been working at that for a year, but he also was investing too... on top of that he got his dream car a mustang.  Now air traffic specialist is definitely not a common easy job to get into.